General Membership Meeting/Spring Fling Recap

Sunday, August 5, started with a great meeting followed by some great food. Then a couple of blind draws with some surprises in the results. By the end of the day the Fire Department visited the Legion and a 911 call from the Legion resulted in at least 6 police cars responding.

I don't know that I've ever seen so much accomplished in 1 hour and 10 minutes, which was the length of the meeting including handing out trophies and awards. 9 rules changes were approved. David Garrett was elected Vice-President, Jennifer (I think the last name is Holly, but I forgot to write it down - my apologies) was elected Public Relations person.

All teams will share payments on electronically scored boards.

"Run and grab it" appears to be a violation of ADO rules, which are vague on the subject. The WDA decided that chalkers and team Captains should use common sense. If a dart is wobbling, the thrower can touch it so the chalker can determine its location. That appears to comply with ADO rules and has been observed at the highest levels of ADO competition. Touching a thrown dart ends the darters throw.

The Bylaw voted several years ago about a mandatory suspension for throwing a dart at anything but the dart board was lost due to a series of mishaps including a computer crash where the Bylaws were stored. Jim Fleetwood and Merlin believe they can find that Bylaw and will have it reinstated into the Bylaws.

That already looks like a lot for the length of the meedting, but the WDA also approved a new league. The handicap version of the new league is filled and scheduled to start August 18.

I spaced out an item I intended to bring up in New Business that would have extended the meeting to 1 hour 10 minutes and 5 seconds. That was to award Juanita a life-time membership in the WDA. If there's anyone who deserves a "lifetime achievement" award it's Juanita. Let's do this at the August meeting.

I know you're looking for the fire department visit and the 911 call, but first - Dawn, who joined the WDA at the meeting got a 1st place in the seeded blind draw. Lisa, who's an occasional league player for several years teamed with Kraig and won the seeded blind draw. Dawn and Lisa made some major noise in the unseeded blind draw. It's great to see new and former players show up, have a good time and spank some of the old-timers.

There was some food left over, so I went across the street to the Fire Station. The Captain of the station and 2 firefighters came to the Legion and pretty much took everything that was left. The 3 of them had their hands full when they left. Our excess food was donated to the firefighters across the street.

Around 10:30, a pickup was seen backing up to a door at a business at Main and Murdock. Then there was a rope tied to the pickup and to the door. Then the pickup took off under heavy acceleration. Then 2 guys got out and attempted to get past what was left of the door. That prompted the 911 call.

Cops showed up in absolute stealth mode. 4 cops around the pickup. 1 car in the alley behind the Legion with no lights. Couldn't see the vehicles that had the 4 cops rushing the pickup. Then 6 cars showed up in the alley.

Here's what we were told. The guy in the pickup owned the building. His tenant hadn't paid rent for 3 months, but his tenant had put up a steel barricade in front of the door. The building owner showed up when he thought no one would notice and attempted to yank the steel barricade from the door so he could change the locks and kick his tenant out.

It was pretty much a "never a dull moment" event from noon to 11 PM.